fly-past

Word Order Practice

Listen to each sentence and arrange the words in the correct order. Click on words to move them to your answer area.

Green checkmark (✓) means your current word order is correct so far. Red X (✗) means there's an error in the order.

Why Word Order Matters in English

Word order is crucial in English because it affects meaning. Unlike some languages that use case endings or particles to show word relationships, English relies heavily on word order to convey meaning.

This exercise helps you:

  • Internalize English sentence patterns
  • Recognize how grammar patterns fit into sentences
  • Develop a natural feel for correct English structure
  • Improve both listening and grammar simultaneously
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a hobby as Doug flew
Doug flew as a hobby
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He also because it and was flew clean challenging gliders
He flew gliders because it was challenging and also clean
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flew friends all even though dangerous thought kinds in He it of his was weather
He flew in all kinds of weather even though his friends thought it was dangerous
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predict He learn the he same the always that could them of better out airport so patterns flew weather and
He always flew out of the same airport so that he could learn the weather patterns and predict them better
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an on patterns that He the so flew much weather from that there airport was expert he
He flew from that airport so much that he was an expert on the weather patterns there
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Tips for Effective Practice

  1. Always listen to the audio first before attempting to order the words
  2. Pay attention to common patterns like subject-verb-object
  3. Notice how grammar patterns are positioned in sentences
  4. If you make a mistake, use it as a learning opportunity - try to understand why the correct order is different
  5. After completing each sentence, listen to the audio again while reading your correctly ordered sentence